KURCHEE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does kurchee mean? 

• KURCHEE (noun)
  The noun KURCHEE has 1 sense:

1. tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea

  Familiarity information: KURCHEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KURCHEE (noun)

Meaning:

Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

conessi; Holarrhena antidysenterica; Holarrhena pubescens; ivory tree; kurchee; kurchi

Hypernyms ("kurchee" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("kurchee" is a member of...):

genus Holarrhena; Holarrhena (genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia)